KATHY COLE

Broomfield, CO ***** 720-***-**** acqwse@r.postjobfree.com RECRUITER/STRATEGIC PLANNING MANAGER/STAFFING COORDINATOR

with comprehensive experience in:

Recruiting

Employee Relations

Interviewing

HRIS Systems

Staffing

Retention Analysis

Joint Commission Compliance

Patient Advocacy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Eating Recovery Center-Denver, CO 2012-2015

Corporate Recruiter

Manages hiring and recruiting process (from requisition to onboarding) for departments including, Corporate Executives, Physicians, Clinical, Nursing, Business Office, and Administrative personnel.

Sourced and interviewed candidates, made recommendations to hiring managers for interviews and hiring.

Significantly reduced outside agency use by ensuring recruiting was performed in a timely manner.

Responsible for corporate position control process; acts as consultant to managers on topics of staffing and workflow processes.

Knows current labor supply and complement of available labor force.

Responsible for insuring that hiring policies and practices are in compliance with government regulations.

Actively engages in employee retention activities.

Conducts exit interviews with those employees leaving the organization.

Maintains company organization charts.

Maintains corporate job description library; reviews and revises job descriptions as necessary.

Maintains Human Resource Information System records and compiles reports from database as needed.

Oversight of posting content company wide.

EATING RECOVERY CENTER – Denver, CO 2010-2012

Staffing Coordinator/Recruiter

Recruiter for nursing department; filling open positions by conducting prescreen phone interviews as well as team interviews in person.

Coordinate with Human Resources to post ads and review resumes for qualified candidates.

Coordinate staffing for nursing department for 75 employees, as well as PRN needs.

Analyzes and edits payroll biweekly for nursing department, including calculating shift differentials and PTO hours manually for all employees.

Designed and implemented new staffing system for adult inpatient facility to insure adequate staffing for acute-level patients.

Designed and implemented systems to increase staff productivity

Eliminated agency use

Insure appropriate staffing patterns were met in varied disciplines

CENTENNIAL PEAKS HOSPITAL - Louisville, CO 2005 - 2010

Staffing Manager/Patient Advocate/Recruiter

Established recruiting requirements

Evaluated candidates by discussing job description and applicant qualifications

Advised managers regarding qualified candidates

Coordinated staffing needs for nursing dept

Worked daily in a team with Director of Nursing, CEO, and CFO to assess stability of unit and troubleshoot all staffing and patient issues.

Designed process systems to assess trends for budgeting purposes.

Responsible for meeting budget for nursing department payroll; analyzed budget to insure meeting monthly goals.

Member of hospital finance committee; collaborated with team members to analyze, fix, and maintain budget for entire hospital.

Served as Patient Advocate; gave voice to patient when problems arose on unit.

Troubleshooting for patients to resolve complaints in a timely manner

Assisted DON in resolving employee conflicts

Mediated employee disputes provided direction to managers and guided staff through disciplinary actions

Conducted terminations and other HR related duties

Counseled employees for purposes of attaining increased morale-motivate staff and increase productivity

Worked closely with multiple departments to insure patient complaints were delegated properly; followed up as needed.

NORTH SUBURBAN MEDICAL CENTER - Thornton, CO 2001 - 2005

Staffing Coordinator

Coordinated schedules for 120 employees in nursing department.

Administered payroll budget for nursing department.

Collaborated with CFO weekly regarding budget revisions and analysis.

Responsible for patient movement and bed control on unit.

NURSES PRN - Englewood, CO 1994 - 2001

Staffing Manager/Recruiter

Created job descriptions and job postings.

Reviewed resumes, conducted interviews, and made recommendations for new hires.

Analyzed staffing needs; created process solutions for clients.

Administered Human Resource processes: created personnel files, handled employee relations and complaints.

Responsible for compliance and license tracking.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

Hospital Administration, Metro State, Denver Colorado 1985

CPR/BLS Certified CPI Cetified

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